HOW TO: Make Your Online Profile More Alluring [Video]

There’s a fair chance you’ve received a “Worst-Case Scenario” handbook as a stocking stuffer at some point over the last decade. They offer offbeat, funny, and sadly often true advice on various subjects.

For example, the “Worst Case-Scenario Survival Handbook: Work” that my mom got me several years ago advises to avoid a co-worker who tends to share too much information, especially on Mondays, because “the weekend will provide him with an abundance of ammunition for inappropriate personal tales.”

In any event, the company that produces these – Chronicle Books – is getting hip to social media with its own blog, Twitter account, Facebook page, and videos. Their latest video tutorial features the brand’s typical irreverent advice on the subject of “how to make your online profile more alluring.” Check it out below:

As usual, the tips are semi-humorous, but actually seem to match up surprisingly well with the profiles of many of those of the people I followed on various social networks - sadly, especially the part about my unemployed friends “enjoying a sweat-free lifestyle while they search for new challenges.”